"See! The winter is past;
the rains are over and gone.
Flowers appear on the earth;
the season of singing has come,
the cooing of doves
is heard in our land.
The fig tree forms its early fruit;
the blossoming vines spread their fragrance.
Arise, come, my darling;
my beautiful one, come with me.”

Song of Solomon 2:11-13

"Jumping" is probably my favorite of the irises I have

Easter cactus

Loop the Loop

Lady Friend

Aloe vera

Amaryllis "Fairytale"

Mead's strain amaryllis

Iris that I stole - uh, liberated from a hardscrabble existence - from an abandoned homesite

Your irises are beautiful. If I had more space, I would think about getting some of the fancier geraniums. We have a Mexican evening primrose that came with the house. It grows in a scruffier part of the yard. What I don't like about it is that it looks bad in hot weather.

Which color of the bush monkeyflower is found in the wild in your area? Around here, the light orange one is in the Santa Monica Mountains and the brownish-red one is found in the Simi Hills. I saw a brighter red one at Torrey Pines last year.